Has anyone used the AAA Upholstery Kits? Options

[DC_neun_vierzehn]

I need to reupholster my back pad. Bought a new core. Will transfer the foam over to my new core. I'm looking at kits and the best deal out there right now is AAAUpholster.com's kit on sale for $129 including shipping and in stock here.

914 Rubber's kit is $217 + shipping here.

Auto Atlanta's kit is $169 + shipping and require 3 weeks (made to order) here.

So my question for the group is ... does anybody have any experiences using AAA Upholster kits? If so, what is your experience fit and quality of the materials?

TIA

[sixaddict]

I tend to agree with Bob B. A skilled upholstery guy makes it look easy.
You can watch all the U tubes on the planet and it won’t give you the finesse to make it look like a pro did it. I feel that’s what most of us want.
Still curious which kit is best?

[DC_neun_vierzehn]

I tend to agree with Bob B. A skilled upholstery guy makes it look easy.
You can watch all the U tubes on the planet and it won’t give you the finesse to make it look like a pro did it. I feel that’s what most of us want.
Still curious which kit is best?

I think the job @Series9 did in the post link I shared above turned out very well (and he admitted he's not a professional upholstery or trim guy).

But he clearly says it's a very tedious job filled with plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. Sounds like you just have to go slow, be careful, have the right tools, and hardware, and plan on spending a minimum of 17 hours.

Sounds like every seemingly "small" 914 project, no?

lol

[burton73]

I tend to agree with Bob B. A skilled upholstery guy makes it look easy.
You can watch all the U tubes on the planet and it won’t give you the finesse to make it look like a pro did it. I feel that’s what most of us want.
Still curious which kit is best?

I think the job @Series9 did in the post link I shared above turned out very well (and he admitted he's not a professional upholstery or trim guy).

But he clearly says it's a very tedious job filled with plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. Sounds like you just have to go slow, be careful, have the right tools, and hardware, and plan on spending a minimum of 17 hours.

Sounds like every seemingly "small" 914 project, no?

lol

You want to guess how many hours Dale spent on #41. Best materials every piece leather. Every piece like Porsche does on full leather interiors of modern cars even the sun visors.

Bob B